Hello all, I guess I jumped the gun a little. I posted already in the reverse flow forum my ongoing build. Anyway I'm from Texas work retail and weld as a hobby in my garage. I learned stick from my dad when I was younger and recently bought a hobart wire welder. It's only a 140 but so far has done me good. I have only built a few things for my welding resume which included a 5x10 trailer, a hitch for my wrangler and a backyard offset smoker. Have also built a few wine bottle trees for my family and a few firewood racks. Anyway that's about it for now, hopefully will post quite a bit now that I've joined.

We love to see pictures of what you are cooking (or what we call q-views here at SMF). To "upload the q-views" just follow the directions here and it will be easier. If you are using a cell phone, an IPad or a kindle, go to the main SMF page and click the Mobile button. Will make the uploads a bit faster too.

If you didn't read the "SMF User Guidlines" .....please do. There are a few things that everyone should know about those pesky little rules before plunging into the forums and some guidelines of how to interact within the forums. Off site links are not allowed here at SMF per TulsaJeff. Not that you have done anything wrong....just a little bit of FYI for new members!

If you need any help roaming around the forums....just holler! Happy to help out!

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions Post it
and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is because their
are so many different ways to make great Q We all have our own taste.

Welcome to the forums, Matty! Glad you've joined our group. You'll find there are lots of friendly and knowledgeable folks here who genuinely enjoy helping one another. Looking forward to your input, and just ask when you need anything...someone here will surely have the answer.

:welcome1:to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 50,000 members who just love to share their experience and over 1,000,000 posts describing it! Yea that’s right over 1,000,000!

We have an ”Articles” section that is full of great information about smoking to include a lot of recipes and instructionals. Check it out there is a lot to learn in there!

There are many good ideas on this site. I see something I like I'll save it so we can use it later. I also ask a lot of questions to find out exactly how it turned out and if it is working like expected. We have two tanks on the ground waiting to become RF Smokers and cooler weather.